Fig. 7.

Sex expression of the flowers in the CsGAMYB1-RNAi plants of cucumber. (A) qRT-PCR analyses of CsGAMYB1, CsGAMYB2, and CsGAMYB3 in wild-type (WT) plants and transgenic RNAi lines. The cucumber α-TUBULIN (TUA) was used as an internal control, and the experiments were repeated in three times. Error bars indicate the standard errors. (B, C) Phenotypes of WT (B) or transgenic RNAi plants (C) which are both 60 d old. (D) Diagrammatic data of sex expression of the flowers on the first 20 nodes of the main stems in WT and transgenic RNAi lines. The black and white circles represent female and male flowers, respectively. The numbers indicate the various transgenic lines. (E) The percentage of the nodes with male or female flowers up to the 20th node on the main stem of WT and transgenic RNAi lines. (This figure is available in colour at JXB online.)